Dagster Labs (formerly Elementl) builds Dagster, an open-source, asset-oriented data orchestration platform, and the managed Dagster+ cloud product. It was founded by GraphQL co-creator Nick Schrock and competes against Airflow-based tools and Prefect.
Enterprise Software📍 San Francisco, CAFounded 2018
Current Valuation
Private
PRIVATE
IPO Outlookprivate
Is Dagster Labs going public?
No. Dagster Labs is private and has not filed to go public. There is no S-1 on file.
What is Dagster Labs' valuation in 2026?
No confirmed valuation is on record for Dagster Labs. The roster shows funding and investors where they are public; it does not estimate a mark.
Has Dagster Labs filed an S-1?
No public S-1 is on file for Dagster Labs.
Who are Dagster Labs' investors?
Dagster Labs' investors include Georgian, Sequoia Capital, Index Ventures, Amplify Partners, Slow Ventures, 8VC.
Can you buy Dagster Labs stock?
No. Dagster Labs is a private company — its shares are not listed on any exchange and there is no ticker. The routes to exposure are pre-IPO secondary marketplaces and funds (accredited investors), employee tender offers when the company runs one, and public companies with read-through exposure. QuantLogix maps every route it can verify for Dagster Labs on its Pre-IPO Access Desk.
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Company Profile
CEO
Pete Hunt
Founded
2018
HQ
San Francisco, CA
Total Raised
$48.8M
IPO Status
private
Fundraising Status
privateTotal raised $48.8M
Talent Signal
Hiring trend
▼ Hiring downtrend
-50% vs 2026-08
Open roles
3
via careers page
Product-build share
0%
engineering, research, product, design
Trajectory
tightening
go-to-market push — Only 0% of open roles build product — hiring is concentrated in sales/marketing/ops (3 of 3 open roles are marketing).
Open roles trending down; no tracked executive churn.
Open roles by month
Open roles by function
■ product-building ■ go-to-market / G&A
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Counted from Dagster Labs's live job board as of 2026-09-14; role functions classified from posting titles. Open-role counts are an activity signal, not headcount. Refreshed monthly.
Founders & Key People
Nick Schrock
Investors
Georgian · Sequoia Capital · Index Ventures · Amplify Partners · Slow Ventures · 8VC
Products
Dagster open-source orchestrator
Dagster+ managed cloud
Asset-based data pipelines
Competitors
Astronomer · Prefect · Apache Airflow · dbt Labs
Data OrchestrationData EngineeringOpen SourceModern Data Stack
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of recent date. Refreshed quarterly.